Ex-worker arrested in armed robbery Walmart robbery

Three men, including a former employee with intimate knowledge of the store, robbed a Walmart Neighborhood Market at gunpoint last week, Wauwatosa police said.

Police documents obtained by WISN's media partners at the Wauwatosa Patch detail how the former employee held store workers at gunpoint as the two of the men stole bags of cash from the safe.

The 68-page police report lays out in detail how the ex-employee, who had been fired, returned with two men and several guns last Friday to the Walmart. Two of the men entered the store and rounded up several employees at gunpoint demanding to see the store manager.

Police said the manager was directed by the gunmen to get money from the cash office.

According to the report, one of the men told her to "hurry up, I'm going to shoot you."

The former employee is quoted as saying "make sure you turn off the alarm."

The two men left with bags of cash and got into a car. The third man was waiting for them in another car a few blocks away. The men told police they switched cars to fool investigators.

Police said an FBI informant told them he overheard the group talking about a robbery. He said one of the men suggested the Walmart because he had "intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the Walmart."

Police searched one of the men's homes and found a hand-drawn map of the store.

12 News talked to a few of the workers involved in the incident, but they were too shaken up to go on camera. Walmart officials said they are cooperating with police in the investigation.

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